Idealism in the young, I guess I'm saying, is curiosity as well as goodness trying to express itself.

Thank God that He has permitted us to live among the present problems. It is no longer permitted to anyone to be mediocre.

Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again.

You can spend your time agonizing or organizing.

The final word is love.

This is so rich a country that luxury has developed at the expense of necessities, and even the destitute partake of the luxury. We are the rich country of the world, like Dives at the feast. We must try hard, we must study to be poor like Lazarus at the gate, who was taken into Abraham's bosom.

Too much praise makes you feel you must be doing something terribly wrong.